Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-06-15

About Relgnlng FsvOnitss Of the
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Of humanity VINO nave ID dtueiSnt aSe7,
been known as 9beaux, = ''Eucks,H "fops !"
.'sweIls, . and down 10 our own darling
dudes, have at all times had some common
object of alteration toward whom the eyes
of all were turned and whose caprieious
favor all stroye to obtain. The dude of
the middle ages was, to be sure, very
different creature from the dude Of to-day,
but in TIE knightly chronicles OF Froissart
we read how the medieval swell used 70
get his gilded armor all unused up and
and risk his own precious neck In the
Journeys in honor Of the queen Of youth
and beauty.
The reign of each of these queens has
been short and has left but small impress
upon the history Of the world, but each In
her time was, no doubt, the all absorbing
object of the ieunesse dore of her age, as
our present queens Of the dades are to-day,
but when her brief reign was over she did
not pass into history. She was forgotten.
Adelaide Nelson is but a name to the
younger generation of player goers as
Lillian Russell and Pauline Hall will be
to the next. For the queens Of the dudes
have for the last century been divinities OF
the fOotlights, and il is in the lime lights
glare that we must look for the queens Of
dudedom Of to-day.
Lillian Russell was the first upon whom
the regal title was bestowed by the press,
and she deserved il, too, for young New
York went mad over her baby face and
pretty ways; but Lillian is getting in the
sere and yellow now, and holds her scepter
with faltering grip; besides she is grow
ing fat, and fat queen is out Of the ques-
ton. Born in Clinton, Ia, in December,
1861, she made her first appearance as q
yiolinlst in Chicago. When she came to
New York q little later she decided to give
MP the violin and trust for success TO her
face, which was remarkably pretty, and her
voice, which was only pretty and pleasing.
Her name at that time was Helen Louise
Leonard, and she was christened Lii
liam Russell by Tony Pastor because the
combination Of SIS" in the name looked
well on three sheet poster. While at
Tony PASTORS she was discovered by Mr..
E. E. Rice, who has probably employed
more pretty girls than any other man in
the theatrical business. One with whom
she became the favorite. Hundreds of
dollars worth of flowers were sent to her
every night. She was made queen of the
dudes without q dissenting voice. Then
her martial idiosyncrasies began to ex-
hibit themselves, and everybody is famil-
lar with her more recent history.
Pauline Hall was the next stage beauty
TO take the dudedom by storm. She made
Der first appearances in Rice's Evangeline
company in the "front row" Of the chorus.
She is q Cincinnati girl from lover the
Rhine" and her real name is, or was,
Pauline Schmidtgall. She is now, in the
ewes of the law and to the favored ones
who have the honor Of her acquaintance,
Mrs. White. She is always foremost in
any effort to assist unfortunate members
ofthe profession. Personally she is jolly and
unaffected. She has studied hard during
the past few years, and has improved Won
derfully both in singing and acting
Isabella UrquhaTt is, from purely ar
tistic standpoint, perhaps the NEST beauti-
full of ANY who have held the seepter over
New York dudedon. With face and fig
ure like q Greek statue, her classical out
lines caught the popular fancy at once.
She still reigns, and by no means small
number of theatre goers enthusiastically
refer to her as the most beautiful woman
on the stage. She, however, values her
kingdom but lightly, and devotes herself
to study, her ambition being conferred in
her heart. She made her first appearance
at the Standard theatre, under Hender-
sons management, and since has played
opposite to Pauline Hall at the Casino
Miss Urquhart is one of the cold and re-
served beauties, and keeps her admirers at
a very respectful distance. She is one of
the few dude queens who have brains as
we'll as beauty. The breath of scandal
has never tainted her reputation, and this
is possibly the reason why we have not
seen more of her name in the papers.
Marie Jansen is a chubby, roly poly,
Jolly creature, who made her first appear
ance with Ed. Rice in Boston some four or
five years ago. She then came to New
York and took the dudes by storm by her
singing of "0h, Mamma" in the Black
Hussar. Wherever she went she was the
idol of the dude contingent. Now she is
at the Casino and is recognized as the espe-
cial pet OF the gilded youths who compose
the Seventh regiment.
Mrs. Langtry can hardly be enrolled in
this category among the dude queens, for,
though the ieunesse doree went crazy over
her for q time, she selected her own par
ticular dude early in her career and stuck
to him through thick and thin. 1t is pref
ty definitely settled now that she will mar
~ Fred. Gebhardt so soon as she can pro-
cure divorce from her husband. Her
beauty has so often been described that
people who see her are generally disap-
pointed. 1t consists mainly in queenly
carriage and marvellous complexion add
ed to q certain charm of manner which
would convince blind man that she must
be lovely.
In addition to those i have mentioned,
there have been number of lesser queens
who have risen, reigned over their little
kingdoms and relapsed into Obscurity.
Beauty is the prime factor in the title of
queenship, and it is no easy matter to pre-
serve that quality with the late hours,
wine suppers and high tension living which
successful reigning over dudedom requires.
Stage beauties are much more care
full of their figures and compilations
than society bellies The majority Of them
have regular system, which may not be
uninteresting TO some of my fair readers.
To begin with, if the stage beauty goes to
bed late she sleeps late, for there is moth
ing more destructive to feminine good
looks than lack of sleep. Immediately
upon rising she takes cool bath, not the
cold tub" Of our English cousins, for that
tends to make the skin too ruddy, but Just
enough hot water in the bath to take the
chill of. Then after being rubbed down
she eats light breakfast of fruit and oat
meal. In the morning she takes Just
enough exercise to keep the flesh from
becoming flabby, not enough to
make it muscular, however. Lunch
is another light meal of fruit and
grain food. Fencing and boxing are prac-
tieed TO keep the joints supple, and fire.
quent Turkish baths preserve the skin in
good condition. Some cover the face with
a paste Of oat meal to whiten the COM
plexion; others wash the face only in pure,
cool, not cold, water, without q touch of
soap. Olga Brandon, who was q stage
beauty in her time, never touched water
to her face at all, but rubbed it with a.
piece of dry white velvet The stage